AN OLD DEBT.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 August 1915, Page 6

AN OLD DEBT.

(FORGOTTEN m& MANY YiEAIRS. "For eleven years I have been waiting for this money. If he had paid a penny a week it would have been paid by now." ■lt was in these words that William Niehoils, of New IHymouth, sought to recover' £2 IBs fid from William Baals, also of Hew (Plymouth, at the Magiatnvtß's Court yesterday, Mr, A, Crooke, £M„ presiding. Defendant said his earniaga during the past seven years had Been £2 5s a week, holidays excepted. He had had u lot of trouble during the past thirty years and he had so many matters to attend to that Mr. Nieholls had been forgotten. "If he had worried uia a bit he would have got something," added defendant. Defendant had a wife and grandchild to support, The Magistrate thought the defendant could pay something. Defendant: Well, as I tell you, your Worship, he's been forgot. That's all it is. Nicholls: You keep a lot of pig sons, don't you? Beah Not a lot; 1 have about twenty. Nicholbs: Well, don't you think you tould let them fly away, and then yo'i could pay my debts! The Magistrate remarked that twenty could not be kept for a small sura. His Worship thought the defendant could pay 15s a month until the debt was dissolved, and an order was made accordingly.